New PC Cannot connect to Router:

[MikeD]

Hi, Any advice please my PC arrived this afternoon and after setting it up with keyboard and mouse, I cannot get a wireless connection, I still have my old PC running, and it has no problem in recognising my Router, any advice would be greatly appreciated as without the connection I am unable to download drivers etc. I have to assume that I would have wireless connectivity as standard with my new PC, though unlike my old PC I see no aerial at the back, but it may be that they are internal now, help...........Mike

 

[keynes]

Hi Mike,
did you order a wireless card? if you did you should have received some antennas in your welcome pack. If you did not order a wireless card you would need to add one to connect to your router.

 

[MikeD]

Hi Thanks for the quick reply, I am attaching the spec for you to look at, I assumed that all PC's had wireless capability, I look forward to your response, Mike
Case InWIN G7 BRUSHED EFFECT DARK GREY CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4440 (3.1GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® Z87M-PLUS: m-ATX, USB3.0, SATA 6.0, XFIRE
Memory (RAM) 16GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE 210 - DVI, HDMI, VGA
2nd Graphics Card NONE
3rd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 240GB INTEL® 530 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 490MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
3rd Hard Disk NONE
4th Hard Disk NONE
RAID NONE
SSD CACHE DRIVE NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 15x BLU-RAY WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW
Memory Card Reader NONE
Power Supply CORSAIR 350W VS SERIES™ VS-350 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler
Extra Case Fans NONE
Fan Controller NONE
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
Wireless Router/HomePlugs NONE
USB Options 2 PORT USB 3.0 INTERNAL PCI-EX CARD + STANDARD USB PORTS
Modem NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Firewire NONE
TV Card NONE
Power Cable 1 x 2 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence

 

[keynes]

Wireless Router/HomePlugs NONE

It is not standard, it seems you didn't order one.

 

[vanthus]

You will need either a PCI/PCI-E wireless card ,wireless USB adaptor or alternatively homeplugs if you can't connect to your router directly with an ethernet cable.

 

[MikeD]

Thanks for the responses, I will pop into town and buy a USB adaptor tomorrow, lesson learned!! Mike

 

[keynes]

Thanks for the responses, I will pop into town and buy a USB adaptor tomorrow, lesson learned!! Mike

A pair of homeplugs should provide a more reliable connection.

 

[tom_gr7]

yeah what keynes said, get ya self a set of homeplugs!